Methane emissions from natural gas vehicles in China

The methane emissions from natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are unclear. Here the authors report high methane emissions from heavy-duty NGVs, and by using a scenario analysis show that strictly implementing the upcoming China VI standard could reduce GHG emissions by 509 Mt CO2eq for 2020-2030.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Da Pan, Lei Tao, Kang Sun, Levi M. Golston, David J. Miller, Tong Zhu, Yue Qin, Yan Zhang, Denise L. Mauzerall, Mark A. Zondlo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18141-0